Ex-MP Navneet Rana gets Rs 10 cr extortion threat

New Delhi, Dec 15 (ANI): Independent MP from Amravati Navneet Rana speaks in Lok Sabha during the Winter Session of the Parliament, in New Delhi on Thursday. (ANI Photo/ Sansad TV)

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Bharatiya Janata Party leader and former MP from Maharashtra, Navneet Rana, has received a threat through a demanding Rs 10 crore, prompting the police to register a case and launch an investigation, an official said on Tuesday.

The letter addressed to the former MP from Amravati was sent via speed post by a man, who identified himself as Amir.

Rana's personal secretary Vinod Guhe lodged a formal complaint with Rajapeth police station in Amravati alleging that the letter was received by a staffer at Rana's residence on October 11.

The sender of the letter stated that he had taken a supari for Rana and threatened to sexually assault her, the complainant stated.

The police have registered an FIR and investigating the matter, a police official said.